Date Name Location / Topic
Aug1Monday

Lammas

Aug1Monday

Santo Domingo Celebrations Start

Aug1Monday

Independence Day

Aug1Monday

Army Day

Aug1Monday

Gualdalcanal Province Day

Aug1Monday

Colorado Day

United States (Colorado)
Aug1Monday

Swiss National Day

Aug1Monday

Parents' Day

Aug1Monday

Yorkshire Day

Aug1Monday

National Mahjong Day

Aug1Monday

National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

Aug1Monday

National Girlfriends Day

Aug1Monday

National Minority Donor Awareness Day

Aug1Monday

Respect for Parents Day

Aug1Monday

Emancipation Day

Aug1Monday

Kadooment Day

Aug1Monday

Festival Monday

Aug1Monday

Heritage Day

Canada (Alberta)
Aug1Monday

Ontario Civic Holiday

Canada (Ontario)
Aug1Monday

Saskatchewan Day

Canada (Saskatchewan)
Aug1Monday

Terry Fox Day

Canada (Manitoba)
Aug1Monday

New Brunswick Day

Canada (New Brunswick)
Aug1Monday

British Columbia Day

Canada (British Columbia)
Aug1Monday

Natal Day

Canada (Nova Scotia)
Aug1Monday

New South Wales Bank Holiday

Australia (New South Wales)
Aug1Monday

Northern Territory Picnic Day

Australia (Northern Territory)
Aug1Monday

Youth Day

Aug1Monday

National Children's Day

Aug1Monday

Summer Bank Holiday (only Alderney)

Aug1Monday

Commerce Day

Aug1Monday

August Bank Holiday

Aug1Monday

Summer Bank Holiday

United Kingdom (Scotland)
Aug1Monday

World Wide Web Day

Aug1Monday

World Breastfeeding Week

Historical Events on August 1

  • 527 A.D: After being named co-ruler by his uncle Justin I in April, Justinian becomes the only ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1774: Oxygen is discovered by an English theologian, author and chemist named Joseph Priestley
  • 1834: The British Empire abolishes slavery throughout the UK with the institution of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
  • 1914: Russia and Germany declare war on each other during WWI.
  • 1929: Thomas Edison holds a state-wide contest in New Jersey to decide who his next 49 apprentices will be.
  • 1936: The 11th Olympic Games are opened by Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
  • 1941: The United States’ Willy’s Truck Company introduced the first Jeep for the U.S Army- a vehicle known to be quick, lightweight vehicle that can handle all terrain.
  • 1958: Transit of the North Pole is done by United States Atomic submarine the USS Nautilus
  • 1966: Charles Whitman, and ex-U. S Marine, shoots 46 people from an observatory platform at the University of Texas – 14 people are killed and 31 are wounded.
  • 1972: Future U.S. President George W. Bush is suspended for flying with the Texas Air National Guard for missing his annual medical exam.
  • 1994: King of Pop Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley.
  • 1997: The National Cancer Institute releases a report that nuclear testing during the 1950s could have been the cause of thyroid cancer for as many as 75,000 people.
  • 2000: A judge rules that the R.M.S Titanic Company, a company with the salvage rights to the Titanic, could not cut into the sunken ship as they searched for an estimated $300 million dollars of treasure.

Famous Birthdays on August 1

  • Claudius: Future Roman Emperor born in 10 BC
  • Jean-Baptiste Lamark: French Naturalist born in 1744
  • William Clark: Explorer & leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was born in 1770